Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 9 , Pages 685-694 , September 2010

Cardiac and pericardial calcifications on chest radiographs

  • E.C. Ferguson

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: E.C. Ferguson, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, Section of Thoracic Imaging, 6431 Fannin Street, Suite 2.026, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Tel.: +1 713 628 9218; fax: +1 713 500 7647.
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  • E.A. Berkowitz

      Affiliations

    • Present address: Emory University School of Medicine, 1648 Pierce Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.

Received 19 May 2009 ,Revised 30 November 2009 ,Accepted 4 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.12.016

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 9 , Pages 685-694 , September 2010

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